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PICART (Bernard)

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Impostures innocentes ou Recueil d'estampes d'après divers peintres illustres tels que Rafaël, Le Guide, Carlo Maratti, le Poussin, Rembrandt, &c. (...). A Amsterdam, chez la Vve de Bernard Picard, 1734. One vol. in-folio, frontispiece portrait, 2-10-1-12 pp. 67 engravings on 59 plates, and 11 engravings A-L, 8 pp. catalog, half marbled basane, ribbed spine (period binding). Binding defective (spine missing, boards rubbed, corners dulled). Uncommon work of this fine collection of engravings illustrating the works of great masters of painting, engraved by Picart. Contains a historical eulogy of Bernard Picart, and an in-fine catalog of his works, with a portrait of the author engraved by Van des Schley. Complete with plates, including Picart's 11 engravings after the works of Rembrandt.